From Carnac to Callanish : the prehistoric stone rows and avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany

by Aubrey Burl

Paper Book, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

GN805 .B866 1993

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.

Description

This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.… (more)

Language

Original publication date

1993

Physical description

xvi, 286 p.; 27 cm

ISBN

0300055757 / 9780300055757

Barcode

34662000634466

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